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15-year-old Makes It Easier to Access Someone's Medical Info in a Crisis with a Simple Qr Code Scan

When a friend collapsed at school and no one nearby knew her medical history or who to call, 15-year-old Aanya Mansani didn't look away from the helplessness she felt - she looked into it. "The problem isn't always a lack of willingness to help," she observed, "but a lack of accessible information." That insight became Emergen, a QR-code platform that turns an ID badge or a phone case into an instant lifeline, placing critical medical details in a bystander's hands within seconds, no app or login required. Refined with input from classmates, teachers, a school nurse, and a fire department EMS chief, the tool reflects something Mansani learned along the way: that good solutions are built by listening, not just inventing. She won the grand prize at the 2026 Technovation World Summit, but her measure of success is simpler - that the next person who witnesses an emergency feels something closer to readiness than panic.